I was a pretty harsh critic of the 'personalized ads', but Mozilla removed that, so now Firefox is back to being the best browser. Its performance is slightly shy of Chromium in my experience, but it has better features, customizability and a selection of add-ons.
Anyway, what I'm taking from the comments on this article is that Mozilla really shouldn't read Slashdot, because most commenters here hold that Mozilla really cannot do anything right. I'm sure Firefox would've been heavily criticized if a major release was too buggy, so it seems to be the right course of action to delay its release, but they're getting shit for that too. Oh well. Some people are just unpleasable and can be safely ignored for that reason.
I'm not sure what the point of your response is. Obviously I'm aware it was forked, that's why I said it comes to mind when thinking about libraries/functions that have a rotten base.
I've heard this assertion before but I see no proof for it. It's possible Google just wanted to obsolete the Nexus 5 faster, but nobody seems to have any sources to back this up.
And yes, it's *possible* to find non-Windows-preinstalled laptops, but you have to already be on the search for them. It's barely hidden that Microsoft uses their market position to keep Windows alternatives the obscure, weirdo option.
I'm curious what OEMs you're aware of that even offer the *option* of an alternate or no OS coming preinstalled.
Dell is one such example, but it's not easy to find it on their website even if you know exactly what you're looking for; and it's definitely not something they advertise in physical stores. I don't think it's an option for Acer, ASUS, Lenovo, Toshiba, Sony, Samsung, LG, or MSI.
There's some very small companies that sell computers with Linux preinstalled such as System76, but their visibility among non-Linux enthusiasts is fairly negligible.
"The sale of a computer equipped with pre-installed software isn't an unfair commercial practice because most customers prefer to buy a laptop they can use straight away"
Fairly charitable to describe Windows as 'usable', but I digress. I don't see why offering the choices of ChromeOS or Ubuntu or whatnot is so verboten. If the OEM can make multiple editions of the same computer but with a different brands/types/amounts of CPU, drive(s), GPU, RAM, and bundleware, then it's obviously trivial to also offer the same option for an OS. Heck, they might even find that customers like the idea of saving $100 because they don't need to pay the Microsoft tax.
Unless of course Microsoft is still using its monopolistic position to penalize OEMs and vendors that don't make it impossible to buy computers without Windows, that is.
Oh, and one more thing. If Microsoft really cared about Windows 10's battery life, they wouldn't make it push megabytes of unethically collected user data to over a hundred domains by the hour.
Android's security has historically been just as good/bad as iOS's as well. The difference is that carriers and OEMs prevent upstream security updates from being installed for Android. Blame them for that.
You're either a liar or illiterate. Nobody in their right mind would make that claim, even with your disclaimer.
Google's still pushing updates for Android 4.4. The only reason phones running KitKat aren't getting those updates is because OEMs and carriers are not allowing those updates to go through. This isn't obscured in any way, it's widely known, I don't know what you're so panicked about.
Then you haven't been paying attention, or are again, illiterate or a liar.
Please show me the exact data that's collected from Android OS and by iOS and tell me what the substantial differences are.
Microsoft sounded incredibly daft when they bragged about how the one thing about Edge that doesn't suck is its low battery usage. Then of course their monopolistic tendencies came out (again) when they decided to show a warning message to Windows 10 users who opened Firefox or Chrome by telling them that those browsers will use all your battery life and you'd better use Edge if you knew what was good for you.
So this whole "browser battery life" war is nothing but an excuse for Microsoft's "DOS isn't done 'til Lotus won't run" tactic. This should be responded to with antitrust investigations and legal fines.
Instead Google is playing along and trying to show how great Chrome is on Windows 10's battery life. This is a losing war, Google. You're fighting a winter war against Russia here. Nobody uses Edge because they legitimately are concerned about their laptop battery life.
I don't typically buy i-devices because I dislike that their BIOS is locked down. That being said, I'll say this: if water resistance is just an excuse to sell Apple headphones, then yes, people should be upset about it.
However, if Apple is being honest and the iPhone 7 will actually have better environmental resistance than other phones on the market with the regular 3.5mm jack, then personally I think it should be welcomed. New iPhones are $600-800 depending on the configuration, making them more durable and rugged is worth the investment of having to pay for slightly more expensive headphones. I'll reserve judgment until real-world tests have been done on the iPhone 7's water resistance.
It's brilliant and simple. Apple customers will buy anything. They buy ridiculous "special" Apple chargers now. Why wouldn't they also buy "special" Apple headphones? Of course they will. By the tens of millions. Apple will make hundreds of millions on just these dumb, superfluous gadgets.
This comment becomes really funny if you're aware that its poster is an outspoken Windows Phone fanboy.
So it's just as secure until a security vulnerability is found. When there is a security vulnerability found in iOS and it's patched, Apple releases a patch that goes out to all iPhone users worldwide. Right now, to all phones introduced in the last 5 years.
When a security vulnerability is found in Android, Google might create a patch, the OEM might integrate the patch, and the carrier might release it.
On a Nexus here; neither my OEM nor my carrier blocks any updates, so I get them as they're released by Google.
"Google might create a patch." And they might not. Which is also true of Apple, so no difference there.
I don't have to wait on Dell to get a patch for Windows. I get it straight from MS.
MS also gets all the data from the spyware ingrained in their OS, so have fun with that. Your computer also runs a serious risk of being bricked every update because Microsoft is the sole dealer of updates and they don't rigorously test all available hardware, since that really should be the OEM's job.
Android's security has historically been just as good/bad as iOS's as well. The difference is that carriers and OEMs prevent upstream security updates from being installed for Android. Blame them for that.
My phone gets security updates. It's just about as secure as an iPhone is. It's not my problem that other people buy phones that don't get updates.
Apple isn't in the advertising business to anywhere near the degree Google is. As a result Google does CONSIDERABLY more data mining than Apple does because Apple doesn't need to do nearly as much. Whether you have a problem with this or not is a matter of personal perspective. Apple screws you in different ways than Google. Pick your poison.
Google's business model is that they broker advertisements to you through Google Search and YouTube. Both of those are available on iPhones and Android, so there's no difference there. As to what datamining they do to you just from the Android OS, it's about the same as what you get using iOS.
Android is clunky, has a history of terrible security, and invades your privacy thanks to Google. If I was trying to sell a smartphone, I wouldn't want to be associated with Android, either.
"Clunky" is subjective, personally I find stock Android to be very intuitive compared to iOS.
Android's security has historically been just as good/bad as iOS's as well. The difference is that carriers and OEMs prevent upstream security updates from being installed for Android. Blame them for that.
I don't know of any datamining that Google does that also isn't done by Apple.
Literally the only reason I recommend Nexus devices is because their security update policy is codified and public: monthly security updates for the life of the device (which is listed here: https://support.google.com/nex... ).
As long as they're still doing that, and keep the bootloader unlockable, the Nexus is still really the only smartphone worth owning. (Yes, Samsung currently does monthly security updates as well, but that's a matter of policy, not a promise to their customers; they could change their policy at any time.)
The hammer just passed the screwdriver again on the Household Tools Popularity List. Is it because the hammer has the venerable backing of large companies like Lowe's and Home Depot while the lowly screwdriver is still seen to be a hobbyist's tool unfit for enterprise adoption?
Stay tuned for next month's exciting random statistical variations and the inane commentary from bloggers desperate for clicks!
In other words, these select publishers get free advertising, courtesy of the tax payers of New York City subsidizing them. Which authors didn't make the cut and which politicians do they have to butter to get the subsidy?
Do you keep the notebook in a safe? If not, I would venture to bet that a robber taking it is more likely than a hacker specifically targeting me and successfully nabbing my database and bruteforcing my master password.
Of course, you could mitigate that by enciphering your written-down passwords, but it's an awful lot of work and you're still more susceptible to a keylogger than I am (if somebody successfully keylogged me, they'd get my master password, but that by itself is useless since I copy+paste all of my logins; they'd also need to grab my keyfile and database somehow).
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I'm guessing you first coined the term "unpleasable" when looking for rationalizations while referring to your female partners.
Your mom's a fussy lady indeed, but she didn't deprecate my extension ifyouknowwhatimsayin.
If you turn e10s on (which will be the default in FF 49), then the extensions are sandboxed.
I was a pretty harsh critic of the 'personalized ads', but Mozilla removed that, so now Firefox is back to being the best browser. Its performance is slightly shy of Chromium in my experience, but it has better features, customizability and a selection of add-ons.
Anyway, what I'm taking from the comments on this article is that Mozilla really shouldn't read Slashdot, because most commenters here hold that Mozilla really cannot do anything right. I'm sure Firefox would've been heavily criticized if a major release was too buggy, so it seems to be the right course of action to delay its release, but they're getting shit for that too. Oh well. Some people are just unpleasable and can be safely ignored for that reason.
I'm not sure what the point of your response is. Obviously I'm aware it was forked, that's why I said it comes to mind when thinking about libraries/functions that have a rotten base.
"which they easily could with its hardware"
I've heard this assertion before but I see no proof for it. It's possible Google just wanted to obsolete the Nexus 5 faster, but nobody seems to have any sources to back this up.
Forking OpenSSL comes to mind
Odd, neither of those websites appear to be Sony.
And yes, it's *possible* to find non-Windows-preinstalled laptops, but you have to already be on the search for them. It's barely hidden that Microsoft uses their market position to keep Windows alternatives the obscure, weirdo option.
I'm curious what OEMs you're aware of that even offer the *option* of an alternate or no OS coming preinstalled.
Dell is one such example, but it's not easy to find it on their website even if you know exactly what you're looking for; and it's definitely not something they advertise in physical stores. I don't think it's an option for Acer, ASUS, Lenovo, Toshiba, Sony, Samsung, LG, or MSI.
There's some very small companies that sell computers with Linux preinstalled such as System76, but their visibility among non-Linux enthusiasts is fairly negligible.
"The sale of a computer equipped with pre-installed software isn't an unfair commercial practice because most customers prefer to buy a laptop they can use straight away"
Fairly charitable to describe Windows as 'usable', but I digress. I don't see why offering the choices of ChromeOS or Ubuntu or whatnot is so verboten. If the OEM can make multiple editions of the same computer but with a different brands/types/amounts of CPU, drive(s), GPU, RAM, and bundleware, then it's obviously trivial to also offer the same option for an OS. Heck, they might even find that customers like the idea of saving $100 because they don't need to pay the Microsoft tax.
Unless of course Microsoft is still using its monopolistic position to penalize OEMs and vendors that don't make it impossible to buy computers without Windows, that is.
But nah, it couldn't be that.
I'm sure it won't happen as long as your ears are plugged.
I don't use Windows 10, I'm going off of this: https://tech.slashdot.org/stor...
Oh, and one more thing. If Microsoft really cared about Windows 10's battery life, they wouldn't make it push megabytes of unethically collected user data to over a hundred domains by the hour.
Android's security has historically been just as good/bad as iOS's as well. The difference is that carriers and OEMs prevent upstream security updates from being installed for Android. Blame them for that.
You're either a liar or illiterate. Nobody in their right mind would make that claim, even with your disclaimer.
Google's still pushing updates for Android 4.4. The only reason phones running KitKat aren't getting those updates is because OEMs and carriers are not allowing those updates to go through. This isn't obscured in any way, it's widely known, I don't know what you're so panicked about.
Then you haven't been paying attention, or are again, illiterate or a liar.
Please show me the exact data that's collected from Android OS and by iOS and tell me what the substantial differences are.
Microsoft sounded incredibly daft when they bragged about how the one thing about Edge that doesn't suck is its low battery usage. Then of course their monopolistic tendencies came out (again) when they decided to show a warning message to Windows 10 users who opened Firefox or Chrome by telling them that those browsers will use all your battery life and you'd better use Edge if you knew what was good for you.
So this whole "browser battery life" war is nothing but an excuse for Microsoft's "DOS isn't done 'til Lotus won't run" tactic. This should be responded to with antitrust investigations and legal fines.
Instead Google is playing along and trying to show how great Chrome is on Windows 10's battery life. This is a losing war, Google. You're fighting a winter war against Russia here. Nobody uses Edge because they legitimately are concerned about their laptop battery life.
I don't typically buy i-devices because I dislike that their BIOS is locked down. That being said, I'll say this: if water resistance is just an excuse to sell Apple headphones, then yes, people should be upset about it.
However, if Apple is being honest and the iPhone 7 will actually have better environmental resistance than other phones on the market with the regular 3.5mm jack, then personally I think it should be welcomed. New iPhones are $600-800 depending on the configuration, making them more durable and rugged is worth the investment of having to pay for slightly more expensive headphones. I'll reserve judgment until real-world tests have been done on the iPhone 7's water resistance.
It's brilliant and simple. Apple customers will buy anything. They buy ridiculous "special" Apple chargers now. Why wouldn't they also buy "special" Apple headphones? Of course they will. By the tens of millions. Apple will make hundreds of millions on just these dumb, superfluous gadgets.
This comment becomes really funny if you're aware that its poster is an outspoken Windows Phone fanboy.
So it's just as secure until a security vulnerability is found. When there is a security vulnerability found in iOS and it's patched, Apple releases a patch that goes out to all iPhone users worldwide. Right now, to all phones introduced in the last 5 years.
When a security vulnerability is found in Android, Google might create a patch, the OEM might integrate the patch, and the carrier might release it.
On a Nexus here; neither my OEM nor my carrier blocks any updates, so I get them as they're released by Google.
"Google might create a patch." And they might not. Which is also true of Apple, so no difference there.
I don't have to wait on Dell to get a patch for Windows. I get it straight from MS.
MS also gets all the data from the spyware ingrained in their OS, so have fun with that. Your computer also runs a serious risk of being bricked every update because Microsoft is the sole dealer of updates and they don't rigorously test all available hardware, since that really should be the OEM's job.
Android's security has historically been just as good/bad as iOS's as well. The difference is that carriers and OEMs prevent upstream security updates from being installed for Android. Blame them for that.
My phone gets security updates. It's just about as secure as an iPhone is. It's not my problem that other people buy phones that don't get updates.
Apple isn't in the advertising business to anywhere near the degree Google is. As a result Google does CONSIDERABLY more data mining than Apple does because Apple doesn't need to do nearly as much. Whether you have a problem with this or not is a matter of personal perspective. Apple screws you in different ways than Google. Pick your poison.
Google's business model is that they broker advertisements to you through Google Search and YouTube. Both of those are available on iPhones and Android, so there's no difference there. As to what datamining they do to you just from the Android OS, it's about the same as what you get using iOS.
Try ANYTHING non Android and you will see how clunky and ridiculously sluggish Android really is.
I have a Nexus 5X. My mother has an iPhone 6. For what it's worth, doing assorted things seems faster on my phone than hers.
Android is clunky, has a history of terrible security, and invades your privacy thanks to Google. If I was trying to sell a smartphone, I wouldn't want to be associated with Android, either.
"Clunky" is subjective, personally I find stock Android to be very intuitive compared to iOS.
Android's security has historically been just as good/bad as iOS's as well. The difference is that carriers and OEMs prevent upstream security updates from being installed for Android. Blame them for that.
I don't know of any datamining that Google does that also isn't done by Apple.
Literally the only reason I recommend Nexus devices is because their security update policy is codified and public: monthly security updates for the life of the device (which is listed here: https://support.google.com/nex... ).
As long as they're still doing that, and keep the bootloader unlockable, the Nexus is still really the only smartphone worth owning. (Yes, Samsung currently does monthly security updates as well, but that's a matter of policy, not a promise to their customers; they could change their policy at any time.)
No, it really isn't.
The hammer just passed the screwdriver again on the Household Tools Popularity List. Is it because the hammer has the venerable backing of large companies like Lowe's and Home Depot while the lowly screwdriver is still seen to be a hobbyist's tool unfit for enterprise adoption?
Stay tuned for next month's exciting random statistical variations and the inane commentary from bloggers desperate for clicks!
In other words, these select publishers get free advertising, courtesy of the tax payers of New York City subsidizing them. Which authors didn't make the cut and which politicians do they have to butter to get the subsidy?
I use a notebook, with ink on paper.
Do you keep the notebook in a safe? If not, I would venture to bet that a robber taking it is more likely than a hacker specifically targeting me and successfully nabbing my database and bruteforcing my master password.
Of course, you could mitigate that by enciphering your written-down passwords, but it's an awful lot of work and you're still more susceptible to a keylogger than I am (if somebody successfully keylogged me, they'd get my master password, but that by itself is useless since I copy+paste all of my logins; they'd also need to grab my keyfile and database somehow).